Centerpoints 8.8

“These pictures ask more questions than they answer.” – Photographer Diane Arbus’s estate has been donated to the Met. A SFMoMA organized show, Diane Arbus Revelations, exhibited here last year. The extent of the archive sounds extremely impressive.

Landscaping the B & W House. – I must admit a passing interest in landscape architecture, and the following item has a Walker connection. Walker Design Director Andrew Blauvelt’s Julie Snow designed “B & W House”, which has been the subject of a series of podcasts, video and blog posts, is now mostly complete. The landscape architecture firm has posted a series of photos of the landscape design work.

Thomas Kinkade, watch out. – We’ve been discussing fakes on OffCenter lately, so how about some “hyperfakes“:

These are not counterfeits intended to deceive. No one is fooled into thinking the Van Gogh painting they just bought is painted by Van Gogh. Rather the fake is like a reproduced poster of Van Gogh. But since it has been painted by hand, often with gusto and intelligence, it is much more interesting than a duplication of the original. It is an original reproduction. It is a hyperfake.